Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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